EU issues additional regulatory measures for organic products for 2022

To all IBD-certified organisations: 文章源自FOFCC-http://www.fofcc.org.cn/en/18382/

On March 8, 2022, the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Organic Production of the European Commission re-evaluated the supervision and complaint cases concerning organic products imported from third countries into the EU in the previous year, and on May 11, 2022, the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission issued the 2022 additional supervisory control measures for organic products. Compared with the additional supervisory measures of the previous two years, the 2022 supervisory measures are more targeted. The main control measures are as follows:文章源自FOFCC-http://www.fofcc.org.cn/en/18382/

• The implementation period is from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022;
• In addition to China, 15 other countries including India have been included in the scope of control under the additional supervisory measures;
• The controlled Chinese organic products have been reduced to 3 types (ginger, pumpkin seeds and peanuts）；
• For goods included in the scope of control under the additional supervisory measures, if exported from India to the EU, at least 50% of batches are required to undergo pre-export sampling testing; while for other countries, the sampling inspection ratio is at least 10%;
• The testing items for sampled products include all substances prohibited in organic production, with particular emphasis also placed on includingEthylene oxide；
• Operators of controlled products (including production, processing, trade, storage, and sales) must undergo at least two on-site inspections, one of which will be an unannounced inspection.
• Farms applying for certification for the first time must undergo inspection prior to sowing;
• During the on-site inspection of controlled products, at least one unharvested crop sample must be taken for testing. For non-planting operators, sampling tests should be conducted on raw materials, intermediate products, or finished processed products.

In accordance with the requirements of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, the IBD-FOFCC will further negotiate the implementation rules for the relevant measures.文章源自FOFCC-http://www.fofcc.org.cn/en/18382/